<p class="title">US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he would like Russia to rejoin G-7 ahead of the global group of industrialised nation's summit in France this weekend.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the previous Obama Administration, Russia was ousted from the group which was originally G-8 countries comprising the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and Russia. European Union also attends its annual leadership summits.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think it’s much more appropriate to have Russia in. It should be the G-8, because a lot of the things we talk about have to do with Russia,” Trump told reporters in his Oval Office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"So I could certainly see it being the G-8 again. If somebody would make that motion, I would certainly be disposed to think about it very favourably,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Observing that for most of the time it was the G-8 which included Russia, Trump said his predecessor Barack Obama didn't want Russia in because he got outsmarted by Putin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2014, Russia was disinvited from gatherings of the former G-8 after the country’s annexation of Crimea. </p>
<p class="title">US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he would like Russia to rejoin G-7 ahead of the global group of industrialised nation's summit in France this weekend.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the previous Obama Administration, Russia was ousted from the group which was originally G-8 countries comprising the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and Russia. European Union also attends its annual leadership summits.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think it’s much more appropriate to have Russia in. It should be the G-8, because a lot of the things we talk about have to do with Russia,” Trump told reporters in his Oval Office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"So I could certainly see it being the G-8 again. If somebody would make that motion, I would certainly be disposed to think about it very favourably,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Observing that for most of the time it was the G-8 which included Russia, Trump said his predecessor Barack Obama didn't want Russia in because he got outsmarted by Putin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2014, Russia was disinvited from gatherings of the former G-8 after the country’s annexation of Crimea. </p>